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including those that are not signatories to a nuclear nonproliferation treaty particularly israel india pakistan north korea. north korean soldiers who reportedly took part of the shelling of a south korean island last month sept young gang was provoked by souls war games it's the first time northern troops have spoken publicly about the violence they appear in a talk show on state television marking him the audio of nineteen years as the country's top military commander i have the anniversary of john young warned it would launch what i call the sacred nuclear war against the south the president promised retaliation if attacked last month north korea shelled the south island. killing four people in response to the drills in the area analysts warn more military exercises would risk disturbing the already precarious balance on the peninsula. the danger is if we have new military exercises at sea because the problem is the land borders very clear the sea border is been arbitrarily and you know actually established by the south koreans along the northern limit line which is not recognized even by the unit

including those that are not signatories to a nuclear nonproliferation treaty particularly israel india pakistan north korea that was left wing british m.p. jeremy corp. this week saw another major security crisis on the korean peninsula north korea warned it is ready to start a nuclear war if the south continues with military provocations seoul has been conducting a live fire military exercises next to the border with the north and in disputed waters north korean t.v. has shown soldiers who reportedly took part in the shelling of a south korean island last month they say it was in response to south korea's aggressive war games four people including two marines were killed in the attack it is believed to be the worst escalation of tension on the peninsula since the war sixty years ago an expert on korea glyn ford says event no one is provoking a war deliberately but the situation can easily spiral out of control. the danger is if we have new military exercises at sea because the problem is the land border is very clear the sea border is been arbitrarily and unilaterally is stopped by the south koreans

including those that are not signatories to nuclear nonproliferation treaty particularly israel india pakistan north korea. votes there from a from british m.p. jeremy colbert in north korea soldiers who reportedly took part in the shelling of a south korean island last month has spoken publicly about the attack they say the act was in retaliation to seoul holding live fire military exercises in disputed waters for south koreans were killed in the shelling of a border island over a month ago since then souls' been holding more military drills provoking stark warnings from the north pyongyang's military chief says the country will launch a retaliatory nuclear strike if the south keeps firing on the border it is the worst tension on the peninsula since the war sixty years ago an expert on korea glyn ford told us a new war is unlikely but it will remain a possibility as long as the south keeps testing the most patients the danger is if we have new military exercises at sea because the problem is the land borders very clear the sea border is been arbitrarily and unilaterally established by the south kor

including those that are not signatories to nuclear nonproliferation treaty particularly israel india pakistan north korea democrat strategist told me the new treaty wasn't easy for the senate to ratify but it could bring a nuclear free world a little closer one of the debates that made no sense was the republican saying that it wouldn't when this allows inspections on both sides and that's really what counts as reagan always said trust but verify and this treaty gives a very strong verification apparatus it was an amazing development that the president would get seventy one votes when only sixty seven were required for the supermajority and the reason for that is finally the republicans have decided all but only after the election that it's time to govern not to play partisan politics the fact that we're willing to cut is a moral statement that the world will pay attention to and it gives credence to the dream from reagan to obama and all the secretaries of state in between from both parties that perhaps someday we can have a nuclear free world that really is the objective that we all want and ever

including those that are not signatories to nuclear nonproliferation treaty particularly israel india pakistan north korea the treaty is slow but sure ratification is winning all round support with peace campaigners saying it was served as a key trust building measure. it's all in the back being deployed weapons those are the ones that are on notice ready to fire from twenty two hundred down to fifteen hundred and that's good but what's even more important is that we re in still all our ability to inspect each other's nuclear weapons facilities which expired with the last start treaty last december we now we haven't even been able to see what russia is doing unless it can't see what we're doing so this new style i will add this to have inspections and verification this is very important simple trust so that we can actually go to disarm them and the other very good things about start is that it so is that the u.s. and russia can make that deal and that we now have to move forward. we'll bring you more analysis of the start treaty approval in the u.s. from leading experts throughout the day we're also

including those that are not signatories to nuclear nonproliferation treaty particularly israel india pakistan north korea. the signing of the start treaty has been labeled by president obama as being the most significant document in decades on friday russian president dmitry medvedev will give his thoughts on this and the year's other key moments it'll be at the annual meeting between president medvedev and the heads of russia's leading t.v. channels will be covering this for you on friday and of course will be available any time on our website. as i click away there and there is plenty to watch here is what's online right now. christmas is well and truly coming to moscow as fifty cent is from around the world hit the capital for a gift giving spirit come see the seasonal spirit come alive at r.t. dot com. and chapman who is from being a world renowned sexy spy to a leading role in russia's next generation politics all the details on. the. north korea says it's ready to use its nuclear deterrent and what it calls a sacred war against the south the north defense minister a statement was reported by

including those that are not signatories to a nuclear nonproliferation treaty particularly israel india pakistan north korea. we'll bring you more analysis of the start treaty approval in the u.s. from leading experts throughout the day and we're also on the story online where you can give us your reaction just click on over to our team dot com also on our site right now prime minister putin he shows young judo a trainee's that you can't beat a black belt even at fifty eight as he takes to the mat in st petersburg to show them a figure to about how it's done. in the us and of chapman moves from being a renowned sexy spy to a leading role in russia's next generation politics details online at r.t. dot com. north korea says it's ready to use its nuclear deterrent in what it calls a secret war against the south the north's defense minister a statement was reported by state media the minister accused solo deliberately stoking tension by staging successive joint military drills with the u.s. and with the u.s. next in your thoughts i did all this territory as he said the latest exercise one of the largest i

including those that are not signatories to nuclear nonproliferation treaty particularly israel india pakistan north korea. well the signing of the start treaty has been labeled by president obama as being the most significant document in decades on friday russian president dmitri medvedev will give his thoughts on this and the years of the key moments it with the annual meeting between president medvedev or the heads of russia's leading t.v. channels and we will be covering that of course for you on friday and will be available anytime on a web site at our home and if you had them there's also plenty to take in as well as a quick look at what we've got on line if you want a brand new look site r.t. dot com chris wow and truly coming to moscow there we are fifty sciences around the world hitting the capital for a gift giving spree if you tell me your feelings what's the seasonal spirit couple . other story we brought yesterday from the shop and moving from being a world renowned sex spy to a leading role in russia's next generation politics details about that when. people call. now the story of a lo

including those that are not signatories to nuclear nonproliferation treaty particularly israel india pakistan north korea and how about the other established nevers of the nuclear club france and britain do you think it would do well for them to enter into a tree like this. absolutely in the case of britain the number of nuclear warheads has been significantly reduced but the government is spending a great deal of money on preparations for the replacement of the trident nuclear missile system after two thousand and fifteen and i think it would do well if britain joined in the general trend and said that we are not going to renew the tried nuclear missile system instead we're going to go forward to look for look for a world free of nuclear weapons and in turn hear some of the wires that you had mentioned how much of a difference can this make to those countries that could be stepping up nuclear capabilities such as enron such as north korea. what it surely must be a very important message to all of them that if russia and the united states can come to such an enormous and significant agreement then

countries any of the permanent five members of the un security council or countries like india pakistan israel and perhaps north korea that may have nuclear weapons what it does is though by the u.s. and russia that have ninety percent of all of the world's nuclear weapons by showing that they are taking another step toward significant reductions this does put pressure on the others to become more transparent and to be more willing to engage on what they can do to move toward nuclear disarmament and i mean this treaty will definitely affect russia u.s. relations so now moscow and washington have achieved a central goal in the so-called reset in relations what could this mean for cooperation between the two powers in other areas beyond the military arena. i think it's very significant it is in effect this kind of success it's contagious and will spill over into other areas we have the u.s. russian nuclear cooperation agreement which has gone beyond the number of days in which the senate could have object objected to it so that has gone forward there are other trade agreement possibilities and other areas of coop

no labs could be targets for terrorist looking for weapons that could easily be taken out of india. north korea is promising as go about retaliation if they go ahead with live fire drills. seoul says one night exercise will happen saturday and tuesday. it is part of routine and justified exercise. beijing is accusing japan of irresponsible remarks targeting china for the minister it potions spokesperson says china is a force for peace and development in asia and threatens no one cared they announced tokyo needs to focus on the rise of china and not the cold war threat of russia in defining its security goals. the space shuttle discovery will be checked out to insure its damaged fuel tank is next. they will check the see of the cracks in the fall in covering have never felt correctly. several launches have been scrubbed because of launchers.difficultie earliest it could take off now is very third. we will take another break for 20 6:00 a.m. let's go back outside and remind you it is raining intensely out there. it only place getting a break is the south bay and that's where this camera is

security council or countries like india pakistan israel and perhaps north korea that may have nuclear weapons what it does is though by the u.s. and russia that have ninety percent of all of the world's nuclear weapons by showing that they are taking another step toward significant reductions this does put pressure on the others to become more transparent and to be more willing to engage on what they can do to move toward nuclear disarmament. we'll be bringing you more comment analysis of the start treaty approval from leading experts throughout the day here on our t.v. of course you can always log on to our team dot com and leave your comments we'd love to hear from you. china says it will help struggling european economies combat their debt crisis the offer came at an economic forum in beijing the e.u. is china's largest economic partner but cooperations been challenged by europe's ailing financial health economist marco pietra polies says beijing support is not a permanent remedy for the block this extends china's political influence in europe by making a lot of european states dep

have to go all the way across the world to understand events that took place in kashmir in the north of india. and that was a way of saying -- of saying that, that now events even crimes, you know, travel across continents. and in order to understand a crime over this, you have to understand a reality over there. so i feel that's become my subject more and more. and not simply writing about the things that start -- that made me, which is how i started out. >> i want to thank patricia vanderbilt for that email. move on to this tweet from matt harris. christopher hitchens extols your command of english literature. what is your take on his view of the dangerous religious thought/delusion. >> i'm part of the hitchens gang. if we're going to say which gang anybody is in, then i'm much closer to the christopher hitchens, richard dawkins, sam harris group than anyone else. but all of us inside that group have somewhat different ways of coming at this subject and my own view is -- has to do with separating the public role of religion from the private role of religion. and it seems to me that if you a

regions where these traditions evolved-modern day turkey and iraq, armenia and russia to the north, as far south as india have seen war and upheaval through the ages. and just last october a syriac orthodox church was bombed in iraq all this increases the urgency to record the texts that have survived, says fr. columba. he is particularly interested in digitizing the syriac churchs collection in jerusalem. it will take dogged diplomacy. >> these eastern christian communities, many have been persecuted, massacres are within living memory, this stuff is really in their gut so you have to build a relationship where they understand that the motives that we bring to these projects is one of deep reverence. >> reporter: the minnesota library also brings all the money needed for such projects-- several hundred thousand dollars each year raised from various private donors. local church staff are trained in the tasks. and while copies go to minnesota, the local church retains copyright >> so if you have a monk or a layperson who you think could do this work? >> our monks always, they will be with them. >> this is

deals with evacuates from the island attacks from the north and washington orders china to send p'yongyang a clear message. french diplomatic effort in india has paved the way for a nuclear deal worth $9 billion. president sarkozy and the prime minister announced the deal after talks in delhi. >> india and france have signed the first deal of sarkozy's visit. india agreed to buy two nuclear reactors for more than $9 billion. the deal comes as india tries to build 20 new reactors to solve an energy shortfall that lee's businesses across the country without power. >> the result of this agreement is we will build these nuclear processing reactors in india. we will do our utmost to ensure this is done as speedily as possible. >> according to experts, there are other areas as well as nuclear that the french and indian governments can work on more closely. also on the table is defense deals and france said its companies want greater access to the insurance markets. the hope is that india will open up to small and medium-sized french firms. >> if you look at the list, it is a mix of big and medium. we would like to see that happening because thes

india, china, turkey and others. >> that's right. and then you'll see the much more slower growing western world-- north america, europe. >> -- in europe's case, charlie, with declining populations. so declining populations, you have india and china with growing populations -- >> although in china's case an older population and because of the one-child policies they had. >> it will catch up with them in time but not yet. in other words, a big kick in g.d.p. i think the lesson-- there's a strategic lesson out of this. we can't make the same mistake with china that the west made with germany at the end of the 19th century. >> rose: what was that mistake? >> the mistake was that russia, britain, and france cabled at bismarck's creation and this in the end brought us down to the first world war and through that the second world war. >> rose: and hitler took advantage of that in terms of rallying the german people to right the wrongs done in world war i. >> exactly. we can't have a conflict of this kind over the status of china. >> rose: we can't afford a war with china over failure to recognize-- >> it's legitimacy and kbrog power. >> rose:

china, india, pakistan, north korea and south korea in no particular order. in many ways, china said benefactions will help determine whether the region's future holds continued stability and growth or deeper discord and uncertainty. the u.s. welcomes a strong was awful and prosperous china that plays a constructive role in the world stage. we see opportunities to cooperate with china to solve some of the world's toughest problems such as countering terrorism and weapons proliferation, developing new, man-made time a change in helping the spread of pandemic disease. as president obama said of the u.s.-china relationship, our ability to partner is a prerequisite for progress by many of the most pressing global challenges. china hasn't he shown in the number of occasions its willingness to cooperate on regional and global issues. for example, china has increased the deployment of peacekeepers contributing to u.n. mission and is getting more actively involved in humanitarian distance and disaster relief efforts. finish on the willingness to cooperate in multilat

country and man is critical when you're looking at countries like iran or looking at north korea are looking at indiand pakistan or israel or the king of any potential new nuclear state. >> now, i think that's absolutely a key thing. and that's why i'm very much in favor of a firm and highly articulated commitment to a world without nuclear weapons as an immediate factor in the non-proliferation effort because nuclear powers that have decided seriously and believably to do without nuclear weapons themselves are going to be much more committed and much more persuasive in arguing, pressuring what have you other states into either rolling back their own arsenals or rolling back the nuclear programs and not heading down that path. i think the commitment -- i like to say that i'm in favor of a frontload approach. right now we have a sort of take a step in wait and see what the next step would be. it didn't work for going a tremendous force for non-proliferation by taking the gradual approach. >> queen noor can you underwent a double standard proposition . i have on a couple of haitians when serving in the

india and that's president medvedev heads to. south korean war games near the disputed maritime border with the north have passed without incident despite threats by pyongyang to launch military action you know they went ahead. an imagist a meeting of the un security council warning that new military exercises could further destabilize the already volatile region all season as the future of the story from new york for. the events of the last couple of days are definitely the threats and warning signs that have been coming from north korea have been having the international community certainly walking on egg shells here in new york the united nations security council has been meeting round the clock throughout the week and these emergency sessions were called for by russia which is certainly not taking the tensions between south and north korea likely whatsoever for many different reasons one of them of course being russia's proximity to a possible conflict as well as a serious threat that any tensions including a war would cause to the international community let's take a listen to what the russian ambassador to the u.n. said he

never discussed in this country, and yet is critical when you look at countries like iran or north korea or india and pakistan and israel, or looking at any potential new nuclear state. >> i think that is absolutely a key thing. i am very much in favor of a firm and highly articulated commitment to war without nuclear weapons as an immediate factor -- a world without nuclear weapons. nuclear powers decided seriously and believably to do without nuclear weapons themselves are going to be much more committed and much more persuasive in arguing, pressuring, what have you, other states into either rolling back their own arsenals or rolling back their nuclear programs and not heading down that path. i think that the commitment -- i like to say i am in favor of our front loaded approach. right now we have sort of let's take a step and then late what the net step would be. i think we are building a tremendous force for non- proliferation by taking a gradual approach. >> queen noor, you underline to the double standard proposition. on a couple of occasions when serving in the u.s. government i have found

forced the roof of a sports state in india that's to collapse there isn't warnings are also issued from surrounding states. now with later james brown travels to russia's north caucuses but he tries his hand as a ranger and the best man at a traditional wedding. was. just. yes discover russia with r.t. next up next all the latest business news there with corinne and us off the short break stay with us. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. in moscow well she's available in hotels coursed i'm going to over those a little toto keep a promise it is congress' photo east west never told. nobody will shout image of an airport. reticent to say yes sloviansk done in soldiers historical hotels of a culture in the city so it's in sky called small. mid-air elegant until close the struggle for leicester to become a her toe. welcome to business with a creative mail account skolkovo russia's high tech silicon valley is to host an international forum on technology on monday scientists businessmen and financial experts are getting together to discuss innovations and tech projects in russia they

kinda, india, pakistan, north korea and south korea in no particular order. in many ways, china sits at the fulcrum, and it determines whether at the nation's future has stability and growth and deeper discord and uncertainty. the u.s. welcomes a strong, responsible and prosperous china that is on the world stage. we see opportunities to cooperate with some of the world's toughest problems such as countering terrorism and developing new, cleaner energy sources addressing man made climate change and halting the spread of pandemic disease, as president obama said to the u.s.-china relationship our ability to partner is a pre-requisite for progress on many of the most pressing global challenges. china has indeed shown on a number of occasions its willingness to cooperate on regional and global issues. for example, china has increased the deployment of peacekeepers contributing to u.s. missions and is getting actively involved in disaster relief efforts. it has shown a willingness to cooperate in multilateral institutions voting at the u.n., for example, to impro

they have links in india with bangladesh and with people in europe and north america.hese groups are much more dangerous and can certainly create a very serious problem in the heartland of pakistan where it will be near impossible for the pakistan military to be deployed in the punjab. they can also create a very serious situation with india. if another mumbai attack occurs i think prime minister singh will find it difficult to resist the clamor for some kind of action against pakistan so i would say that is the nightmare scenario. i think when one looks at afghanistan and the taliban situation, quite often military planners do what they do which is they look at the tactical issue. if only i could just go across and grabbed these guys to bring them back, but this is not a simple equation. is a multi-varied equation and you need to be able to look at pakistan, india afghanistan iran, everyone all at the same time. i think that is something that needs cooler heads to prevail. a hope in in the isaf senior command in kabul and islamabad and in washington. >> thank you. cou

north and to the south. >>reporter: a stagnant europe is forcing businesses to seek out destinations where there's economicgrowth from india to indonesia - as well as the middle east. >> lanna: there are important italian companies working here in abu dhabi to implement contract works such as three lane highways or the second line of the underground. this is because italy has a long tradition of innovating technologies and the capability of producing new manufacturing instruments. >>reporter: and a history of dependence on exports, more vital than ever considering italy's growthof only 1.1 percent. the backbone of the economy is smes which give the country a breadth of skillsand economic stability, but often lack the sheer size to compete abroad. >> lanna: many italian smes have lots of difficulties, in terms of critical mass, to survive and compete in international markets. >>o'daly: the italian economy is hugely dependent on smes. the challenge for those companies is toexpand into dynamic emerging markets where the growth rates will be more sustained than in italy's traditional markets in western europe and the us. >>rep

north of kosovo closer to serbia were more inclined to boycott the vote. so far there hasn't been a single statement by politicians in serbia who are in power and those who are india opposition this silence in itself is very significant because it's a statement in itself it is a should not be a does not recognize course of all as the independent state and therefore doesn't have to comment on any election that belgrade previously called on to be boycotted the serbs who live in the north of course who are geographically linked with the rest of the serbia founded as ever very easy to boycott the election because they do not feel as a part of an entity called course of o. because of direct geographic ling's on the other people who do live in enclaves scattered in in the central kosovo they did go and they did vote the independent liberal party has proclaimed. its victory in kosovo said that it was very satisfied with the number of who voted. that was yvonne them you are our division news editor talking to us from belgrade. let's take a look now at some world news in brief for you this hour police in browns have a sword wielding seventeen year old who took a group of c